THE WINTER DEW TOUR?S TOYOTA CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO SNOWBASIN RESORT FOR THE FINAL STOP OF THE 2010-11 SEASON, FEBRUARY 10-13
Last Chance Qualifier, 22-Foot Superpipe, Final Race for the Dew Cup and FREE Ice Cube Concert Highlight Weekend Line Up
Burr Ridge, Ill. ? February 7, 2011 ? The Winter Dew Tour brings the Toyota Championship to Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah February 10-13, 2011 to close out the 2010-11 season. For the first time, Snowbasin Resort will host the four-day Championship event, which is highlighted by the first-ever Last Chance Qualifier, a brand-new 22-foot superpipe, expanded women?s freeski competitions, the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals and the honoring of Dew Cup champions.The top winter athletes from around the world will compete in freeskiing (slopestyle and superpipe) and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe). Snowbasin is the host resort for the second consecutive year on the Winter Dew Tour, closing out the season with the Toyota Championship for the first time.
Hip-Hop legend, Ice Cube, will perform a FREE concert on Friday, February 11th at 9pm at the 200 block of Ogden?s Historic 25th Street. Saturday features everything superpipe, showcasing the men and women?s freeski and snowboard finals on Snowbasin?s new 22-foot pipe. To close out the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour season, Sunday?s freeski and snowboard slopestyle finals promise to impress. The weekend will conclude with the Dew Cup award ceremony at The Scrapyard on Sunday night, where 2010-11 champions will be honored in freeski (slopestyle and superpipe) and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe).
Unique to the Toyota Championship, the Winter Dew Tour will hold the first Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) on Thursday, February 10th. An additional 100 athletes are invited to compete in this particular competition, based on their Open Qualifier rankings coming out of the Nike 6.0 Open held earlier this season at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The top 15 men and 7 women per Dew Cup discipline along with available wild card spots will advance to this event.
The men?s freeski superpipe competition proves to be the tightest race for the Dew Cup this season with Kevin Rolland and Simon Dumont each determined to take home their first Dew Cup. It?s a winner-takes-all scenario, if Rolland or Dumont tops the podium in Snowbasin, they secure themselves as Dew Cup champion for the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour season.
Bobby Brown has earned enough points to hold his spot at the top of the freeski slopestyle leader board, allowing him to win it all by placing eighth or higher at the Toyota Championship. However, if Switzerland?s Elias Ambuhl is able to take home a win at the Snowbasin finals and Brown finishes ninth or below, Ambul wins the Dew Cup.
Out in the pipe, Olympian Louie Vito has remained undefeated this season, only needing a sixth place finish or better to win his first-ever Dew Cup and the title of Toyota Athlete of the Year. But the excitement doesn?t end there. Defending Dew Cup Champion, JJ Thomas, is able to take home the title again this year if he tops the podium and Vito falls to seventh. Matt Ladley, currently seated third and only seven points behind Thomas, will fight until the end for the title, knowing it?s still anyone?s game.
Currently ranked first in women?s snowboard superpipe, Spain?s Queralt Castellet can take home the Dew Cup if she places second or better. However, fellow Olympians, Kelly Clark and Elena Hight will not make it easy for Castellet with each competitor putting it all on the line for the coveted Dew Cup.
Another snowboarder boasting a perfect Winter Dew Tour season is Norway?s Torstein Horgmo. Having won the first two stops on the Tour, Horgmo needs a fifth place finish or better to lock down the title of the men?s snowboard slopestyle Dew Cup champion. With two-hundred points to his name, Horgmo is also in contention to become the 2010-11 Toyota Athlete of the Year. Ranked a close second and only twenty-two points behind, newcomer Mark Mcmorris is able to take the Dew Cup back to Canada if he places first and Horgmo falls to sixth place or below.
Jamie Anderson, the women?s snowboard slopestyle defending Dew Cup champion, is looking to continue her winning streak at the Toyota Championship. As long as Anderson performs like she has all season, she will walk away with another Dew Cup title this year and maintain her domination on the slope course, securing her spot as female Toyota Athlete of the Year.
Through the support of Paul Mitchell, expanded women?s freeski competitions were held in both slopestyle and superpipe disciplines at the Nike 6.0 Open at Breckenridge Ski Resort, and will be held again to close out the season during the Toyota Championship at Snowbasin Resort. Women?s freeski athletes will compete in prelims and finals during the Championship event.
The Gatorade Free Flow Tour, the official amateur series of the Winter Dew Tour, will also hold its finals during the Toyota Championship event. Overall Champions from the Finals will earn a pre-qualified spot to compete against the pros on the first stop of the 2011-12 Winter Dew Tour.
Athletes are pre-qualified based on their 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour rankings. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:
Men?s Snowboard Superpipe
Men?s Snowboard Slopestyle
Fredrik Austbo
Torgeir Bergrem
Zach Black
Cody Boan
Greg Bretz
Wyatt Caldwell
Brett Esser*
Yale Cousino
Steve Fisher
Tyler Flanagan
Christian Haller
Chas Guldemond
Roger Kleivdal
Christian Haller*
Ilkka-Eemeli Laari
Seth Hill
Matt Ladley
Torstein Horgmo
Scotty Lago*
Sam Hulbert
Jack Mitrani
Nick Julius
Luke Mitrani
Nate Kern
Scott Moline
Scotty Lago
Scotty Pike
Spencer Link
Spencer Shaw
Mark Mcmorris
Brennen Swanson
Justin Morgan
JJ Thomas
Aleksander Ostreng
Louie Vito
Nick Poohachoff
Broc Waring
Brandon Reis
Ben Watts
Jeremy Thompson
Sondre Tiller
Robbie Walker
Andreas Wiig
Eric Willett
Women?s Snowboard Superpipe
Women?s Snowboard Slopestyle
Jamie Anderson
Jamie Anderson
Queralt Castellet
Madison Blackley
Kelly Clark
Megan Ginter
Kaitlyn Farrington
Shelly Gotlieb
Leslie Glenn
Jordie Karlinski
Arielle Gold
Lynn Neil
Elena Hight
Spencer O?Brien
Ellery Hollingsworth
Chanelle Sladics
Meg Puh
Nikki Slechta
Serena Shaw
Rebecca Torr
Rebecca Sinclair
Charlotte Van Gils
Hannah Teter*
Janna Weatherby
Katie Tsuyuki
Soko Yamaoka
Men?s Freeski Superpipe
Men?s Freeski Slopestyle
Duncan Adams
Elias Ambuhl
Noah Bowman
Aleksander Aurdal
Joss Christensen*
Paul Bergeron*
Justin Dorey
Bobby Brown
Simon Dumont
Sammy Calrson
Banks Gilberti
Philip Casabon
AJ Kemppainen*
Ian Cosco
Gus Kenworthy
Simon Dumont
Thomas Krief
Charles Gagnier
Marshall LaCroix
Banks Gilberti
Matt Margetts
Nick Goepper
Dan Marion
Henrik Harlaut
Peter Olenick*
Jf Houle
Tucker Perkins
Sean Jordan
Tyler Peterson
Gus Kenworthy*
Kevin Rolland
Chris Laker
Taylor Seaton
Chris Logan
Byron Wells
Alex Schlopy
Jossi Wells
John Strenio
Colby West*
Dane Tudor
David Wise
Matt Walker*
Torin Yater-Wallace
Tom Wallisch
Jossi Wells*
Colby West
McRae Williams
James Woods
Torin Yater-Wallace
Women?s Freeski Superpipe
Women?s Freeski Slopestyle
Maddie Bowman
Ashley Battersby
Anais Caradeux
Eveline Bhend
Jessica Cumming
Shanny Cohen
Kendall Deighan
Emma Dahlstrom
Rosalind Groenewoud
Erica Durtschi
Shannon Gunning
Keltie Hansen
Keltie Hansen
Keri Herman
Miyuki Hatanaka
Kim Lamarre
Hnnah Haupt
Devin Logan
Keri Herman
Meg Olenick
Jen Hudak
Maude Raymond
Mirjam Jaeger
Anna Segal
Chloe Lee
Desiree Touchette
Devin Logan
Kaya Turski
Blake Peterson
Jessica Wrall
Brita Sigourney
Emilia Wint
Shiro Terada
* Indicates wild cards
The Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championship schedule of events is as follows:
Thursday, February 10th ? Festival Village ? 9:30AM ? 4:00PM
10:00AM ? 11:30AM SKI SS Men Last Chance Qualifier
10:30AM ? 11:10AM SNB SP Women Last Chance Qualifier
11:30AM ? 12:30PM SNB SP Men Last Chance Qualifier
1:30PM ? 2:15PM SNB SS Women Last Chance Qualifier
2:30PM ? 4:00PM SNB SS Men Last Chance Qualifier
3:00PM ? 4:00PM SKI SP Men Last Chance Qualifier
Friday, February 11th ? Festival Village ? 9:30AM ? 4:00PM
9:15AM ? 10:45AM SKI SS Women Prelims
9:30AM ? 10:30AM SNB SP Women Prelims
10:45AM ? 12:45PM SKI SS Men Prelims
10:50AM ? 12:30PM SNB SP Men Prelims
2:00PM ? 3:00PM SNB SS Women Prelims
3:00PM ? 5:00PM SNB SS Men Prelims
5:00PM ? 6:00PM SKI SP Women Prelims
6:20PM ? 8:00PM SKI SP Men Prelims
9:00PM ? 11:00PM FREE Ice Cube Concert in Downtown Ogden
Saturday, February 12th ? Festival Village ? 9:30AM ? 4:00PM
10:20AM ? 11;20AM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SNB SS Women Final
11:30AM ? 12:10PM SKI SP Women Final
12:30PM ? 1:30PM SKI SP Men Final
1:30PM ? 2:30PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SNB SS Men Final
3:00PM ? 4:00PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SKI SS Final
4:00PM ? 4:40PM SNB SP Women Final
5:00PM ? 6:00PM SNB SP Men Final
Sunday, February 13th ? Festival Village ? 9:30AM ? 4:00PM
9:00AM ? 9:30AM SKI SS Women Final
9:45AM ? 10:30AM SKI SS Men Final
12:40PM ? 1:15PM SNB SS Women Final
1:30PM ? 2:30PM SNB SS Men Final
3:00PM ? 4:00PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SKI SP Final
4:00PM ? 5:30PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SNB SP Women Final
6:00PM ? 7:00PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour SNB SP Men Final
8:00PM ? 9:00PM Awards Ceremony
***SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Beyond the competitions, Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championship features a FREE concert by Ice Cube Friday, February 11th at 9pm at the 200 block of Ogden?s Historic 25th Street.
Mega Passes for the Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championship are available for $50 for the weekend and are on sale through http://www.Allisports.com. Mega Passes provide exclusive athlete autograph sessions, a ticket to the Winter Dew Tour?s Dew Cup Awards Party, discounts within the Town of Ogden and more!
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